Eriksson

/ ˈɛrɪksən /

noun

1. ErikssonSven-Goran1948MSwedishSPORT AND GAMES: football manager Sven-Goran (ˈsfɛnˈɡɜːrən). born 1948, Swedish football manager; honours as a club manager include the UEFA Cup (1982) with Gothenburg, three Portuguese league titles with Benfica (1983, 1984, 1990), and the Italian league with Lazio (2000); head coach of the England national team (2001–06)

Example Sentences

Tuchel's appointment as a non-English manager of the men's England team - following Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson and Italian Fabio Capello - has raised questions about the pathway for English managers to elite level jobs.

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German Tuchel, 51, becomes only the third non-British permanent boss of the England men's team after Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.

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Sven-Goran Eriksson, between 2001 and 2006, and Fabio Capello, from 2008 to 2012, are the only previous non-British permanent England men's bosses.

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Unlike Eriksson and Capello when they came to the job, Tuchel has prior experience of working in English football.

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Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello are the only previous non-British permanent England men's managers, but unlike his predecessors Tuchel is familiar with English football - having managed Chelsea between January 2021 and September 2022.

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